CYBER CRIME INVOLING DARKNET
Divya Ramesh Gorivale
Guide: Asst. Proff. Bindy Wilson
Keraleeya Samajam's Model College, Khambalpada, Dombivli(East)
Abstract:
World Wide Web or www are already known and being used widely in this millennium. We would like to search information, watching video or movies, socialize through online platform such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and do almost everything at any time using www. However, most of us doesn’t know that the normal use of www is just about 30% of the entire www. The much larger of www usage is on its deep web which is including the dark web. What inside dark web? The dark web contains many illegal activities and illicit materials as well as criminal intervention. It is becoming the nest for the cyber criminals whereby it is a place for all cyber criminals join and gather to spread their seed of darkness. Hackers, drug dealer, terrorist, virus innovators, sex maniacs, pedophiles, stalkers, cyber bullies and all unimaginable person are there. Virus, malware, phishing and identity theft was wandering around every time. A small mistake will cause vital consequences, you can be stalked, threatened, stole even murdered if you not be careful. The dark web usually have 3 compositions, browser, search engine and website. It is similar with the surface web but using a different tools and configurations. One of the issue wondering in the dark web is how the commerce happen in there, most of it are using bitcoins as their premier transection and also a few method which we will be discussed further. Dark web is the no 1 place for hackers, they are wandering around and do their actions to analyze, study and testing their capabilities. So, it is very suitable that dark web is the nest for them. Do not confuse between Deep Web and Dark Web, dark web is a part deep web and deep web is a larger definition from dark web. To get into dark web you have to use special browser named The Onion Router (TOR), you just need to download and follow the instruction and it is free! Do not mess with something that you don’t understand, you must learn to protect yourself when you enter the dark web. Policymakers must gain an understanding of the Dark Web in order to engage intelligently in the debate and enact effective dark web policy.
Keywords: www, dark web, deep web, browser, search engine, website, commerce, hackers, TOR.